Britain's best homes: the RIBA longlist

The longlist for the UK’s foremost private housing design award have been
revealed today by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). RIBA
President Stephen Hodder said: "The 2014 RIBA Manser Medal longlist
reveals the most innovative, sustainable and beautiful new homes to have
been completed in the past year. The exciting line-up is a testimony to the
wonderful talent and achievements of some of the UK’s best architects.” Here
is a selection from the longlist...

Above: Loughloughan Barn by McGarry-Moon Architects. A modernised barn loyal
to its pastoral surrounds, made of stone, timber, glass and zinc, in County
Antrim with views of Slemish Mountain